Imperfection In Georgiana's Califonia

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Georgiana's cheek is shaped in the way of a tiny hand, however when her husband is adimit about getting rid of her birth mark she realizes that it is harming her beautiful face. No matter what the shape of her birth mark is, I believe that her husband would still be adamit of getting rif of the birth mark because he wants her to be the most beautiful woman in the world. The birthmark becomes more visible by the time Georgiana and her husband leave their home for the labratory, in order to hide the birthmark from anymore scrutiny they decide that the labrotoary is the safest place. Imperfection is a normal thing in life, however what Georgiana was being accustomed to was harsh critism and the lack of admiration for being different or unique.

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